International support is pouring in for the Philippines after its vessels became the latest targets of water cannon attacks by the China Coast Guard (CCG) in the West Philippine Sea, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday, Dec. 11. Speaking in a Palace briefing, DFA...
NTF-WPS spokesperson Jonathan Malaya (Screenshot courtesy of RTVM livestream) China's deliberate hit on a civilian Philippine supply boat carrying the top Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) official during the latest resupply mission in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) is not considered an act of...
The lowering of tensions in the South China Sea, which President Marcos and Chinese President Xi Jinping talked about the last time they met in the United States, remains off track. Even the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) raised questions on whatever happened to the agreement between Marcos...
NTF-WPS spokesperson Jonathan Malaya (Screenshot via RTVM livestream) The Philippine government accused China of proliferating fake news and false information over the latest collision of its vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The National Task Force for West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS)...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday, Dec. 11, said that it has filed two diplomatic protests—at the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing—and has summoned Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian to object two consecutive water cannon incidents at the West...
AFP chief General Romeo Brawner Jr. (right) takes a photo with soldiers manning BRP Sierra Madre on Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea on Dec. 10, 2023 after a successful resupply mission. The supply boat boarded by Brawner to Ayungin was rammed by a China Coast Guard ship, according to the...
President Marcos will discuss the recent developments in the contested West Philippine Sea with the Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday, Dec. 11. DFA Assistant Secretary Daniel Espiritu speaks to the...
No one but the Philippines has a legitimate right to operate anywhere in the West Philippine Sea, President Marcos said as he condemned the latest aggression of China against Philippine vessels over the weekend. In a statement on Sunday night, Dec. 10, Marcos called out China Coast Guard and...
Several countries have called out the China Coast Guard (CCG) after its vessels unleashed two water cannon attacks in a row against Philippine supply vessels in the West Philippine Sea over the weekend. (Photo courtesy of PCG) Japan, the United States, and the European Union condemned the repeated...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Former Sen. Manny Pacquiao backed the expedition to the West Philippine Sea launched by civilian groups which asserted the territorial integrity of the Philippines within the disputed maritime boundary. PACQUIAO (FB) Pacquiao, a reservist colonel of the Philippine Army, said...
Senators on Sunday, December 10 strongly condemned the latest water cannon attack of Chinese ships on a Philippine government vessel in the West Philippine Sea that were providing supplies to Filipino fishermen near Bajo de Masinloc or Scarborough Shoal. “This time, China not only caused...
Defending its latest water cannon attack, the China Coast Guard asserted it took “control measures” against the Philippine vessels in the West Philippine Sea on Saturday, Dec. 9. China Coast Guard fires water cannon at a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel in Bajo de...
